Table 8
Proportion of youth admitted to correctional services who were Aboriginal, by province and territory, 2003/2004 and 2007/2008

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Province and territory Remand1 Sentenced custody2 Probation3 Youth population in 2006 who
were Aboriginal
(12 to 17 years)
2004/2005 2007/2008 2003/2004 2007/2008 2003/2004 2007/2008
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 7 2 7 6 6 2 7
Prince Edward Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Nova Scotia 10 9 6 5 6 .. 4
New Brunswick 9 8 6 11 8 8 4
Quebec .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Ontario 9 9 10 14 6 7 3
Manitoba 74 82 80 84 56 61 23
Saskatchewan .. .. 79 79 65 65 24
Alberta 37 41 39 39 29 33 9
British Columbia 36 29 34 36 29 14 8
Yukon 87 87 100 81 75 73 33
Northwest Territories 92 82 92 93 .. 87 65
Nunavut 100 .. 100 .. .. .. 95
Adjusted total 23 25 28 33 18 21 6
1. Total excludes Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Nunavut.
2. Total excludes Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Nunavut.
3. Total excludes Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note: The earliest reference year for remand is 2004/2005 rather than 2003/2004 (first year of implementation of the Youth Criminal Justice Act) as 2003/2004 data for Ontario were incomplete. Percentages are based on total offences excluding unknowns.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services Survey and Integrated Correctional Services Survey; Demography Division, Population Estimates, 2006 Census.
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